---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF VARIOUS ADVISORY BOARDS AND COUNCILS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF VARIOUS ADVISORY BOARDS AND COUNCILS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6729"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6729 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory bodies", "Connecticut Valley Hospital", "Drug abuse treatment", "Mental health facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Comey, Robin E.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/601c2665-16f3-4558-b510-99eb2e8f7384"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f23672a90620619882dcce201b1156f045f88daf402d1455edfb3f3b7247e00c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 6729 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF VARIOUS ADVISORY BOARDS AND COUNCILS.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **File No. 455** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06729-R000455-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 724** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06729-R000724-FC.PDF)
3. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06729-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00121-R00HB-06729-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06729-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-17** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2023-03-20** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-05** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 292
- **2023-04-05** FILE NO. 455
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 440
- **2023-05-05** FILE NO. 724
- **2023-06-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-121
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/601c2665-16f3-4558-b510-99eb2e8f7384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).